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Shannon

Occurrence in Sierra county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10262222
MRDS ID X025381
MAS/MILS ID 0060910157
Record type Site
Current site name Shannon
Related records 10086513

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.90633, 39.44708 (WGS84)
Elevation 1140
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pike(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018 N 010 E 06 SW California

Comments on the location information

  • 4 MILES FROM THE INTERSECTION OF THE ROAD TO ALLEGHANY AND MAGNUS ORCHARD ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.90633, 39.44708
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO,MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY,NORTHERN CAL V2 P

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED FEB 1980.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-JAN-1997 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative California resources

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